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Editor in chief: Said Batrouni
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Lukoil’s request for financial assistance from the Russian government
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Thursday 29 January 2026 The reports that Lukoil has sought financial assistance from the Russian […]
Russian Shahed drones using Starlink
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Thursday 29 January 2026 Russia’s Shahed drones were never merely a cheap nuisance. From the […]
The Gulag Archipelago and the Architecture of Fear: Solzhenitsyn’s Enduring Guide to Russian Incarceration
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Thursday 29 January 2026 When The Gulag Archipelago appeared in the West in 1973, it […]
Foreign Residents and Compulsory Service: Ukraine, International Law, and the Limits of Wartime Obligation
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Thursday 29 January 2026 Reports circulating in late January 2026 suggest that Ukraine’s senior military […]
Is War Between the United States and Iran Imminent?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Thursday 29 January 2026 For more than four decades relations between the United States and […]
Russia’s troop replenishment crisis
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 28 January 2026 Russia’s troop replenishment crisis is not a mystery of arithmetic. She […]
Massacre: Russia strikes a civilian train
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 28 January 2026 The Russian strike carried out today against a civilian railway in […]
Stephen Miller in the White House and Ukraine policy
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 28 January 2026 Stephen Miller’s position in the second administration of Donald Trump marks […]
How has life in Ukrainian cities changed during the war?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 28 January 2026 Ukraine’s cities in February 2022 were places of rupture. The familiar […]
China’s falling birth rate
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 28 January 2026 China’s falling birth rate is one of the most consequential demographic developments […]
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